FishFinger
Experienced Member
Is anyone familiar with fixing these? I picked one up as part of an ebay lot recently, although it was listing as non-working and that indeed turned out to be the case.
It turns on and powers up, but just starts flashing the red paper out light and doesn't respond to button presses or commands from the C64. The carriage never moves, and the paper advance button does nothing. I found a service manual but it doesn't really have much except for a few circuit diagrams and some mechanical drawings. I've checked the paper and home switches, voltages (+5V and +26V) and they're fine, and I've been round the board with an oscilloscope checking the basics like clock, reset, address/data lines, etc.
It turns on and powers up, but just starts flashing the red paper out light and doesn't respond to button presses or commands from the C64. The carriage never moves, and the paper advance button does nothing. I found a service manual but it doesn't really have much except for a few circuit diagrams and some mechanical drawings. I've checked the paper and home switches, voltages (+5V and +26V) and they're fine, and I've been round the board with an oscilloscope checking the basics like clock, reset, address/data lines, etc.
